• Five out of the seven marine turtle species around the world are listed as Endangered.
  • A female turtle can lay up to 120 eggs in one nest and can nest up to 3-4 times in one season.
  • This project is currently tracking 24 female Hawksbill turtles from UAE, Oman, Qatar and Iran.
  • Fishermen can now use turtle excluder devices to prevent accidental capture of marine turtles.

Not really. Humans are. We hunt them mercilessly and have the technology to take them out in great numbers. Other than humans, sharks may be the largest threat, as they are among the few species in the seas that can bite a turtle and kill it.

On land there are a number of animals, hyenas, wild dogs, etc. that can also threaten adult nesting females and their eggs. When the turtles are younger, however, they are threatened by just about every predatory fish, and to a small extent birds and crabs.